Cassini Observes Hurricane-Like Storm On Saturn 69
Aglassis writes "The Cassini spacecraft recently observed a hurricane-like storm on the south pole of Saturn. What makes this storm particularly interesting is that this is the first time that a clearly defined eyewall has been seen outside of the Earth in the Solar System. Neither the Great White Spot of Saturn nor the Great Red Spot of Jupiter have had an observable eyewall. NASA, JPL, and the Space Science Institute have released a short movie of the motion around the eyewall (mirrored at YouTube)."
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Gas clouds erupting from Uranus?
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Now I can't tell if it flew by my head or yours.
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Cosmic dingleberry.
(Uranus jokes will never get old. Insert renaming to Urectum joke here).
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At least he's not attacking New Orleans again with his hurricane conjuring powers. What did he have against cajun cooking anyway?
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- Miffed Cajun
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I mean, I know parent is trying to make a Katrina connection, but this is strained at best.
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You can look a hurricane right in the eye (Score:2)
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And just like Katrina, it must be global warming.
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Really the party of Universal Denial
* No, we are not losing the war , it is a perennial readjustment !
* No, we didn't just lose the election, it's fresh ideas !
* No, there is no tempest on Saturn, it's a liberal optical effect !
That's no hurricane! (Score:5, Funny)
It's an alien transportation portal!
I for one welcome our gas giant portal-creating overlords and any new cliches they can teach us!
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Commence maturity jokes. Sam
Re:Hammer, Feather, Freefall on the Moon: Revisite (Score:1)
If this is more you being bizzaro than it is a bizzaro troll, good luck with that.
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Galilean metaphysics (Score:2)
Newtonian Zen: Does it exist if it cannot be observed?
TFA: If you go to youtube, give the cassini (and other space exploration) videos a go and rate them, it will encourage them (and others) to put up more.
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You forgot the 3 micron clump of moon-dust located directly below (with respect to the moon's center of gravity), ergo the feather hits first. Spatial bodies are not, in general, perfect spheres.
Aikon-
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[...] below the *feather* [...]
/sigh =/
Saturn Visibility (Score:5, Interesting)
Saturn (magnitude +0.5, in Leo), rises around 11:30 or midnight and is in fine view high in the southeast by early dawn. Regulus, about half as bright, sparkles 5 below Saturn after they rise. By dawn Regulus is to Saturn's lower left.
http://skytonight.com/observing/ataglance [skytonight.com]
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He gives very good tips for how to identify different starts, where to find them, what's going on, etc.
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Unmanned Space Flight (Score:4, Informative)
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Also Mirrored (better) At imeem.com - (Score:1)
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That's no Storm... (Score:3, Funny)
Just Great (Score:2)
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Do you honestly think we can control poverty, disease, wars, and "Head O
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Head on, apply directly to the forehead!
Head on, apply directly to the forehead!
Cassini Royale (Score:1)
Original At CICLOPS (Score:2)
Whatever (Score:1)
What is the Average Cloud Height on Saturn? (Score:1)
My questions are:
1) how thick was the remaining cloud layer, and
2) would it be possible to get a view of Saturn's surface?
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Saturn is mostly gas; the planet as a whole is considerably less dense than water. There isn't really any solid surface to speak of; we generally consider the cloud tops to be the surface for all intents and purposes.
Somewhere way, way down there, there may be a solid surface of metallic hydrogen, or possibly crystalline carbon, and perhaps inside that a rocky core somewhat larger
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Why this is really interesting (Score:1)
Why Upgrade On Old Hardware? (Score:1, Offtopic)
Contrary to what Microsoft wants you to believe, if your machine functions today it suddenly will not "suck" the day Vista comes out. Stay with what works *now* instead of doing untested upgrades.